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Patented .July 21, 1931 UNTED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE EDWARD Z. LEWIS, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 THE GENERAL MANIFOLD .AND PRINTING COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA MEAL CHECK Application led September 11, 1928. Seria1 No. 805,157.

This invention relates to improvements in meal checks designed particularly for use `in railway dining cars although not necessarily limited to such use,

The principal object of the invention is to provide a multiple-sheet check or pad of printed forms which will distinguish supplemental orders for food from the original or- `ders, without the necessity of the waiters m altering or adding to the form filled out by the patron, or altering the copy thereof which is .given by the waiter to the cook or chef.

A further object of the invention'is to provide a pad of forms, the sheets of which have finger cut-outs so arranged that the copy sheets can be removed by the user without turning over the original and without any danger of removing the wrong sheet.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the multiple sheet check, the several sheets being turned back and to one side for the purpose of clarity. l

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a modification of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, 10 is the top printed form of the pad of forms, in this case a meal check, the top sheet being called the order sheet which is to be filled out by the patron by writing the name and amount of various articles of food which he desires. The sheet 10 is perforated along the line 11 to provide a patrons receipt coupon 13 on which is indicated, as by punching, the amount to :x5 be paid, which amount should correspond with that indicated on the main portion of the sheet 10. The back of the sheet 10 is carbon coated as indicated at 14. As an illustration, this coating is indicated as black.

The bottom end of the sheet has two finger cut-outs 15 and 16 as indicated. Beneath the sheet 10 is the first cooks check 17 having .a finger cut-out 18 which coincides with cut-out 16 of sheet 10 when the sheets are in the positon shown in Fig. 2. The back of sheet 17 is also carbon coated, but with a color different from the coating 14 of sheet 10.

In the present embodiment of the invention the coating of sheet 17 is indicated at 19 as being blue. At the bottom of the sheet 17 may be printed First cooks check which will be visible through the cut-out 15, of sheet 10. Beneath sheet 17 is the second cooks check 20, also having a cut-out 21 which registers with the cut-out 15 of sheet 10. It also has printed at the bottom edge Second coo'ks check, which registers with cut-outs 17 and 18. The back of sheet 2O is also carbon coated, as indicated at 22, the color of which is different from the coating of sheet 17 and may be black if desired.

The three sheets mentioned may be stapled or otherwise secured to a back 23 having two cut-outs 24 and 25, the first of which coincides with cut-outs 15 and 21, and the latter of which "coincides with cut-outs 16 and 18. It thus will be seen that due to' the coincidence of the left hand cut-outs as mentioned, the frstlcooks check may readily be withdrawn from the pad without turning the upper sheet. The right hand cut-outs 16, 18 and 25, provide similar Aaccess to the second cooks check as will be seen, thus enabling the waiter to remove the proper sheets with little difficulty, the checks being perforated adjacent their top portions at 26. In addition to being perforated in the usual manner, the first cooks check may be cut through on the right half of the line of perforations as shown at 17a of Fig. 3 and the second cooks check on the left half of its line as shown at 20a, thus making it easier to draw out said checks. Instead of being cut through, as stated, the perforations may be larger, or the paper otherwise weakened along the lines in question.

In use, the patron writes his order on sheet 10, the carbon backings transferring the writing to the remaining sheets and also to the back 23. The waiter removes the first cooks check 17 and presents it to the chef in exchange for the food called for. Assuming that the carbon coating 19 is of a color different from the color of the coatings 14 and 22, the writing on the sheet 20 will be different in color from the writing on the remaining sheets. Such original order is indicated on the first cooks check 17. Should the patron later make a supplemental order he will write the same on sheet 10. rIhe supplemental writing will be transferred to sheet 20 and also to the back card 23. The writing on sheet 20, however, will in this case be black and not blue, and when this second cooks check 20 is presented to the chef, the difference in the color will be apparent and he will recognize that the waiter should be charged only with the additional items appearing in black, which represent the supplemental order. Should a second supplemental order be written on the sheet 10, which would not occur very often, the writing will appear upon the back 23 in black. Since this second supplemental order will not often be made as a practical matter it is not necessary to have three cooks checks with carbon coatings of three diierent colors, but such may be provided within the scope of the present invention, if desired. In such case each cooks check will have the items on it all written in one color, except the supplemental items which will appear in a different color.

Although I have shown and described certain features in my improvements for the purposes of illustrating their use as applied to dining car checks, it will be seen that sheets of like character may be used for billing products of any kind, and also that various changes may be made in the form of device shown without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An article of the class described comprising a customers check, a first and a second removable check, and a back secured together along one edge, said checks being carbon coated on their reverse sides, the color of the coating of the first removablel check being different from the coatings of the remaining checks, said removable checks bein perforated along their secured edges an each having a portion exposed on both sides by finger cut-outs in said back and other checks.

2. A pad of forms comprising a number of sheets secured together along one edge, certain of said sheets having weakened portions to permit ready removal from said pad, said removable sheets each having a portion exposed on both sides by registering cut-outs in the remainin sheets.

3. A pad of orms comprising a number of sheets secured together along one edge,

certain of said sheets being removable from said pad, said removable'sheets each having a portion exposed on bothrsides by registering cut-outs in the remaining sheets and each having a transverse weakened line com rising a slit at one side of the sheet and peribrations extending therefrom to the op osite side of the sheet for facilitating suc removal.

4. A pad of forms comprising an original sheet and a number of removable sheets secured together alon one edge, said pad being provlded with nger places at an unsecured edge thereof, the number of such finger places for said pad corresponding to the number of said removable sheets, each removable sheet havin a portion in registration with one of sai nger places whereby such removable sheets can be engaged at said places and removed one at a time from said p In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name.

EDWARD Z. LEWIS. 

